The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-24 00:00:00

TN what " Happy Land" can I see you after the " Opera ?" 1 on'y know of One HAPPY LAND in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT my de .r fellow TZINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, AL BRANDY. • This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest :FRENCH BRANDY, It ii Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd,, at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "liinahan's LL Whisky." T" WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, 'Sweet, ac., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on Sandals from 5 to 8.30 p.m. ritfate Rooms for largo or small parties. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. Timm ENGLISH, SWEDISH, AND CONTI NENTAL FINANCIAL COMPANY (Limited). To be incorporated under the Companies Act, VA?, with limited liability. Capital, One Million sterling, in 2P,000 shares of L5O each. With power to increase. First issue 10,000 shares, of which 2,500 shares are reserved for Sweden. Deposit £1 per share on application, and £4 per share on allotment. No call will exceed L 5 per share, and three months' interval at least will elapse between the calls. It is not intended to call up more than £l5 per share. DIRECTORS. George Chambers, Esq., Vice-Chairman, London, Hamburg, and Continental Bank 'Limited). J. P. Cornforth, Esq., 50, Lime-street, London, and Liver pool. (J, P. Cornforth and Co., Bombay), Director of Wien tal Financial Corr orat on. Denys' Ancilotty, Esq., Great Winchester-street, City (Avie rino and Co.) It. Fisher, Esq., Director of London, Hamburg, and Conti nental Bank (Limited , . J. Hopgood, Esq., Laurie-park, Sydenham. John Martin, Esq., Victoria-road, Kensington, and Benwlck, county Cambridge. Thomas Ouchterlony, Esq., Director of Bank of Wales. W. J. Stavert, Esq. (Messrs. Stavert, Zigomala, and Co.), Manchester. N. G. Zygomalas, Esq., Merchant, 17, Gracechurch-street. Arrangements are in progress for the management of the Company's business in Sweden, by a committee of eentlemen of high position and connections re=ident in Stockholm, who have requested the reserve of shares for Sweden. BANKERS. The Imperial Bank, Lothbury. BROKERS. J. S. Moore, Esq., 17, Throgmorton-street. Messrs. Hoyland and Prince, Manchester. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sutton and Ommanney, 6, Basingh .11-street. Charles Henry Edmands, Esq , 1, New-inn. AUDITORS. James Cooper, Esq. (Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, and Co.), Lothbury. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) M. Armstrong, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 15, George-street, Mansion-hoaSe. PROSPECTUS. This Company has been constituted for the purpose of Undertaking the construction, maintenance, and working of railways, the manufacture of railway plant and toiling stock for sale or hire, reclaiming lands, the construction of reser voirs, roads, bridges, docks, harbours, piers, breakwaters, drainage, water, and other pub ic works, both English and foreign. The Company have arranged, on very favourable term., with the eminent contractor. Mr. Rowland Brotherhood, who 'has for many years carried on a large and lucrative trade, and agrees to transfer the whole of his business to the Company, inc'udes his freehold works, situated at the Great Western Railway Station, Chippenham, with all its complete machi nery, stock, and tnols, as well as the plant and interest in railway and other contracts now in hand. Mr. Brotherhood has named a very moderate sum for the goodwill of his business. The works (which are all freehold and very valuable), plant and contracts to be taken at a valua tion, to be made by competent parties, one-third of the pur chase money to be paid in shares. • With such arrangements and advantages, both as regards the welt known capacity of the general manager, and the possession of works in full operation and able to complete any contracts they may undertake, the Directors feel confi dence in the success of the Company, having before them the I , rospect of a large and highly remunerative business. A large number of 8' ares have already been applied for. In the event of no allotment being made, the deposits Will be returned in full. Should a less number of shares be al io' ted than are applied for, the deposits will be made avail able towards payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. Applications to be made to the London Financial Associa tion (Limited), South Sea-house, Threadneedle-Areet ; the thelmperial Financial Comp any (Limited), Finch-lane; or to Brokers. Prospectuses and forms of appleation for shares may also be obtained at the several banks or the , r branches. The memorandum and articles of association may be in spected at the offices of the solicitors to the Company. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the General Contract Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid into your bankers the sum of £ , being a deposit of £1 per share on shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I hereby agree to accept such shares or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I authorise you to Place my name tu;on the register of shareholders for the shares so allotted. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full Residence Profession or business D.tte INITKIN PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires to sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for many purposes. 'ro be had of all shops in town or country. Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. D M in -- f IRNAENTS for the Dr aw i ng - room , Lib rary, ment nd in-ro Fi om, consisting of a new and cmgant assort et VASES gures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, A labas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her likiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MIN ERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, w hi c h w i ll greatly facilitate Vie interesting study of MINERALOGY, COX CHOLOGY, Ind GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to too guineas each, P RACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE 4ILLOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 119, strand, PROSPECTUS. The object of this association is to promote the develop- Silent of the resources of Sweden and Norway, by facilitating - the application of capital to safe and profitable enterprise, , and it is after mature consideration and consultation in Eng land and abroad, with persons interested in the progress of the kingdom of Sweden and Norway, and thoroughly ac quainted with her resources and necessities, that the Di rectors with confidence submit this undertaking to the public as a sound and highly profitable one to its share holders. Such an institution as the present is required in no country more than in Sweden and Norway, whose vast forests, inex haustible mineral deposits, increasing agriculture and com merce, and rapidly rising manufactures, have for years past demanded financial facilities, obtainable only by means of direct credit operations. In a letter received from a high authority in Stockholm it is stated that " the opening of the few railways now in use has given a great impetus to remunerative undertakings, for which the country itself has not capital ; and it is not too much to say that in the next three years many millions sterling can be readily invested." Six years ago, a Bank, under the title of the " Enskilda (private) Bank," was formed in Stockholm, which immediately created a largebusiness for Itself and has since continued it with great success ; the annual dividend, reserve included. being' between 25 and 30 per cent. on the original amount of the shares. The Directors have taken power to issue the Company's bebentures a , ainst the mortgag s held by the Company, et: icily confining the amount of the Debentures to the amount invested in mortgages, and a system of registration 'will be adopted for the protection of the Debenture holders. Considerable profit is anticipated from this branch of ope rations, as the funds of the Company can thus be turned over From the above sources of profit, the Directors, therefore, confidently anticipate at least as great a success for this Cora l:4ml' as has invariably attended similar institutions on the Continent, while, in addition to the profit derived from a Merely local business, the English, Swedish, and Continental Financial Company (Limited will add grea ly to its income through the large agency business which takes place between the North of Europe, England. and various continental cities, of which it will, to a considerable extent, be made the arie dium. It cannot be doubted that the influential support given to the Company, both in England and abroad, will secure, immediately, an ample field for safe and lucrative business. The Swedish Loan, lately so successfully negotiated in Lon don, pledged to be devoted entirely to advancing the con struction of railways. will greatly contribute to the profitable enlargement of that field. Sey - eral important operations are in course of negotiation in Sweden and elsewhere and await►ng the establishment of this Company, the business of which will be canducted by the Directors on the basis adopted by the principal credit corn • panies. Besides the arrangements, nearly completed, for the management of the Company's business in Sweden, negotia tions are ceding for establishing influential agencies in the principal commercial cities of the Contineut, the Mediterra nean, and toe Black Sea. Applications for shares must be accompaniedby the deposit of £t per share, to be paid o the company's banke a. Shou d no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in full; and if a less number of shares is allotted than is applied for, the overp us will be used towards the payment on allotment. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained from the bankers, brokers, solicitors, or at the temporary offices of the Company, and the articles of associa tion may be seen at the Solicitors of the Company. T HE GENERAL CONTRACT COMPANY (Limited. Incorporated under the Companies Act of 18'2. Capital £1,r02,000, in 40,000 shares of £25 each, With power to increase. First issue 20,000 shares. Deposit on application £1 per share, and on allotment £4 per share. Subsequent calls to be at intervals of not less than three moths, and not to exceed £2l s. each. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—DANIEL GOOCH, Esq., C.E., Paddington. It. N. Fowler, Esq., vimsdale and Co , Bankers, London. It. Michell, Esq., Notting-hil , London, Director of the Great Western Railway. John Ravenhill, Esq., Banker, Ashton, Heytesbury. T. P. Pocock, Esq. (Messrs. Pocock and Rawlings), Lothbury and Chippenham. Guinnett Tyler, Esq., Clifton, Bristol, Director of the Bristol and South Wale s Union Rai way. John Averay Jones, E‘q., Merchant and Shipowner, Bristol. Mark Whitwill, Esq., Merchant and Shipowner, Bristol. GENERAL MANAGER.—RowIand Brotherhood, Es?., Chip penham. XNGINEER.—R. J. Ward, Esq , Vietoria-street, Westminster. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Tanqueray Willaume and Hanbury, 34, New Broad street. Messrs. Goldney, Keary, and Co., Chippenham. BANKERS. li fesqrs. Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowler, and Barnard. London. Sir Wi liam Miles, Bart., and Co., Bristol Bank, Bristol. 'the North Wilts Banking Company, Chippenham, Melk sham, ( t e , - 4 he Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester, Tewkes n, - th Alliance Bank, Manche ter. BROKERS. London—Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Sons. Bristol - George Squier Bryant, Esq. Liverpool—Messrs. Taunton and Co. Manchester—Me srs. Gorton Brothers and Pooley. AUDITORS. Messrs. Harding, Pullein, and Co., London. or the West of England—Messrs. Barnard, Thomas, and Co., Bristol. l'e n l Por4cry Offices—South Sea-house, Tbreadneedle-street, London. / r -- , / ..5 No. 22,437. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1864. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "NO atuncir.' Just ready, in 3 vols., 31 A T T I E. By the Author of "No Church," " Owen : A Waif,'' Zrc. Hurst and Blacke t, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. rflo fERSONS SEEKING LANDED EL'iATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER VIES GENERALLY To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OP PROPERTIRS wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chars• ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. adopted his (the President's) proposal to fit out an expedi tion to clear away all such obscurities by ascending the White Nile, and not, as previously, by any efforts from Zan zibar and the eastern coast of Africa. The difficulties en countered by Speke and Grant in passing through that tract and the apparent impossibility of establishing any regular traffic between the east coast and the central kingdoms, had induced the Council to prefer to any other line of research an effort to render the great White Nile a channel of inter course and commerce between the prolific interior and the frAders of the Mediterranean Sea. For such an expedition the Council were ready to advance £lOOO, hoping that meats would be found to put a stop to the demoialising traffic in slaves which, as our Consul-General in Cairo (Mr. Col quhoun) wrote to him, was accompanied by horrors of which no one could form an idea. That they believed could best be accomplished by the exertions of the Pasha of Egypt and by the extension of his influence southwards from Khartum to Gondokoro. The intermediate country was now a sort of No-man's-land, in which numerous warring small tribes were kept in an excited and barbarous state by the importa tion of firearms, now so largely brought into use. If the miserable natives were rescued from the present disorders legitimate commerce would soon arise between the equatorial kiags and the merchants of Cairo and the Mediterranean. A great portion of the President's address was devoted to the subject of the glaciers of the Himalayas and New Zealand, as compared with those of Europe, and their influence in modifying the surface of the earth. The address was lis tened to with great attention and frequently applauded. . . A STRAY. The anniversary meeting of this society was held yester day at Burlington-house, Piccadilly,—Sir Roderick Mur chison, president of the institution, in the chair. Thera was a numerous attendance of members, with a large sprink ling of ladies. After some preliminary business, Mr. MARKHAM, the secretary, read the report of the council, detailing the transactions of the society for the past year, and describing its present state and prospects. Since the last anniversary eoeeting 233 new members had been elected, and 61 vacancies had occurred, the total number of Fellows now being 1,907. The balance-sheet for the year ending the 31st of December, 1863, showed that the esti mated receipts and expenditure laid before last year's meet ing had differed from the actuals, but in a way favourable to the society—the receipts estimated having been stated at £4,502 10s., exclusive of the cash in hand ; whereas the actuals amounted to £5,258 9s. 3d., exclusive of the cash balance. The estimated expenditure also was put down at £5,747 ss. 2d., or at £3,897 bs. 7d., excluding the money proposed to bo invested ; but the outlay, exclusive of the cash and amount invested, was only £3,655 4s. ld. The difference between the actual receipts and actual outlay left a surplus balance in hand of £1,601 ss. 2d„ and the council had had available for investment in the funds a sum of £1,837, for which there had been purchased £2,000 amount of stock in Three per Cents. The funded capital of the so ciety. consisting at the beginning of 1863 of £7,500, and at the close of the year 1863 of £9,500. New Three per Cent. Government Stocks, was increased during the past year by the purchase of £2,000 stock for a cash payment of £1,837 10s., and since the Ist oflauary of the current year an addi tion had been made by f 171" A" sum of £896 55., foe which £l,OOO New Three per Cent. Stock had been purchased, making a total of £10,500 stock, yielding an annual income of £315, as the reserve fund of the society up to this date. The 32d volume of the Journal of the society, which was announced as ready at the last anniversary, had been brought out during the past season ; and the council were sanguine that the valuable papers it contained would greatly add to the usefulness of the Royal Geographical Society. The 33d volume of the Journal was now in the press, and would have been published before this but for the death of the assistant secretary. The report then proceeded to de scribe the accessions which had been made to the library and the map room, together with the means used to enlarge the map room collection, and also explained the steps taken by the award of premiums to encourage the production of improved scientific instruments for the use of travellers. Since the last anniversary, with a view to make the instru ments more accessible to travellers, a room had been set apart and the instruments properly arranged, upon the re commendation of the Vice-President, Admiral R. Collin son. Further arrangements were in contemplation for making the collection more generally available and useful to all classes. On the subject of grants to travellers the re port stated that the sum of £5O was sent to M. Rohlfs Gerard on the 10th February, 1864, to assist him in his projected journey from Morocco towards Timbucto ; and the council had at present a proposal under the considera tion of Government for the exploration of the Nile from Egypt, for which the sum of £l,OOO would be made avail able. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "ST. OLAVE'S." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., TANII' A' S CRO S S. By the Author of "St. Olave's." "A very charming work, delightful to read and deserving to be remembered. It will enhance the author's popularity." —Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. -A WOMAN AGAINST THE WO R LD, the new popular Novel, is now ready at all Libraries and Booksellers, in 3 vols. post Bvo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 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These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete with every comfort. The Line will commence at an early date ; the exact day to be fixed in a latter announce ment. To load in the Victoria Docks. For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and Co., 8, Leadenhall-street. An interesting portion of the proceedings was the pre sentation of the patron's and founder's gold medals to dis tinguished explorers. The founder's medal falling due this year to an eminent foreigner, its presentation took prece dence. In performing this ceremony, the PRESIDENT said — Baron C. von der Decken, this medal is awarded to you for the two remarkable journeys which you have performed from the East Coast of Africa to the great mountain of Kilimandjaro, in each of which, with the assistance of Mr. Richard Thornton in the first and of Dr. Karsten in the second case, you made many astronomical observations, and by the use of good instruments constructed a contoured map of the region. You also determined numerous alti tudes by barcmetrical measurement, and estimated the highest of the peaks of the mountains to be 20,065 English feet above the sea, and preyed it to be covered with perpetual snow. rn these expeditions you farther collected rock specimens which have demonstrated that in a remote period this snow. capped mountain was an active volcano, The accuracy of the observations made in your last journey was proved by a comparison of the chronometers you took with you, which having been compared on your return to Zanzibar were found to have varied only seven seconds in upwards of 100 days. In adjudicating this medal we further applaud your unabated zeal and energy in exploring Eastern Africa, seeing that you have just fitted out at great expense a new expedition, and have constructed an iron river steamer, wherewith you hope to ascend one of the rivers flawing from Mount Kenia, and thence to explore unknown regions of inner Africa, if not to follow down one of the main eastern affluents of the Nilo. I therefore hand to you this medal in the conviction that, long as England was united with Hanover, we never have had among us one of your countrymen so entitled to the cordial thanks of geo graphers. And as you have named your new vessel the Guelph I trust that this name,so long endeared to English men like myself, mho lived in the days when Hanover and England were, as it were, one country, may be a happy omen of the success which we all hope may crown your next enterprise. (Cheers.) Baron vox DER DECIOEN expressed his warm acknow ledgments for the honour done him, which he ascribed less to his actual achievements than to his earnest endeavours to be useful to geographical science. He attributed it also allusion the dee members in some measure to the exp ectations forme d o f hi s propos e d new expedition to Easte rn and Equatorial A f r i ca . Wh e th er that expedition would b e successful God knew , b u t h e h a d g reat hopes in connection w i t h it, and if any thi ng s ho u ld happen to himself in th e course of its prosecu ti on , it s ob jects eoxfphleisrept Mr.rty Thornton, Baron von d er D ecken conclude d b y th an ki ng . Afterwaotueledlinbe pursued g his otheree ed e c e ased d few - the president for the valuabl e ass i s t ance h e h a d always ren dered to his enterprises. ll e The PRESIDENT next presented the patron's or Queen's having, on his arrivalinattchOant medal to Captain Grant in months have elapsed since these terms :—Captain Grant, 11 the th received your . leader Captain Speke and yourself within g r eetervices . you have . performed in services you with the cordial ac ofAfrica, and in showing . how the very . lake previously dis :eonwinlegdgamatenEtaosftetrhue Equatorial cthavealrVefihihtye Nrialerflfioiawtiendgoauiathed companion. Captain Speke d a er w st e o , od Gondokoro, th received the medal : sense of the medalsvalue w e e. of orhf g nea r te e he a eb t . discovery mefieor nsr teadjudicated, greatd jemphatically udic o a f te L d a Lake Victoria for ferring this medal upon you, of true most justly granted to hi Vwm explora tion iiascrhtko o ir f oti aut t landsh orN o dbY s ee e aeunp around have now it in doubtless received the here by Captain Speke and yourself. When you returnedm passed over, and both ourdour anniversary .. was in . o fi ur power . to bestow. was in the meantimegrati cation to us to see ohtihgchreawtisehyonououwrowuhldiebhefworee It was, however, a source re cognising your merit as well as ofthat t foremost in istant regions, I never had greater your skilful leader, and affixed to each of his medals the appropriate tl motto of " Honor a Nilo." On my own part, I c thatmed medals s e t l o i.i e ilg plo o r f e l rs ta o l f y d the many occasions on which it has beenan m ru y say that on my lot to present satisfaction than on the present occasion. For now that I h a nd to you th is medal, bearing the effigy of Queen Victoria, I feel that we geographers are not merely • recompensing the noble and disinterested companion of Speke, but, as a sol dier of the olden time myself, I have a special pride in re cognising in yourself the gallaat young officer who in the I n di an mutiny, and despite a severe wound, was the means of saving from serious disaster the rearguard of the illus , trious Havelock as he advanced to the relief of Lucknow. Accept, then, this our gracious patron's medal, and consi der it as our Victoria Cross. (Cheers,) Captain GRANT expressed his deep sense of gratitude f o r the high reward bes towed on him---a reward he said which he little thought he had ever done anything t o merit. The PRESIDENT then proceeded to deliver his annual ad dress, recounting the progress of geographical science throughout the world during the past year. His di scourse comm enced with an obitu ar y of the distinguished members of the society who had passed away within the last year. Among these were the names of Lord Ashburton, Lord Elgin, Admiral Washington, Mr Thornton, and others. De scanting on the subject of the recent explorations in Africa, Sir Roderick said—The d iscovery of that great water basin i the Victoria Nyanza in the heat of equatorial Africa, and the proof that a great stream flowed out from its northern extremity, which Speke and Grant followed and stated to be the White Nile, was. as he stated last year, truly a great feat of which all our countrymen had reason to be pr ou d. But in warmly praising a nd honouring the men wh o ac complished it, they were not yet satisfied as geographers with that their single line of march and the Valuable data which they fixed regarding the upper waters of the Nile. They looked naturally to oth er efforts which must be made to dispel all scepticism, including that raised by the claim of the Venetian traveller Miani as to his having continu ously ascended the river to 21 degrees to the S.S, W. o f Gondokoro, the rocky banks of which he had laid upon a sketch map. The Council of the society had, therefore, come to the conclusion that the physical geography of all that re• gion, together with the s hores of the Victoria Nyanza (a lake described by Speke as larg er than all Scotland) should. bo further explored and the n ature and extent of the vari ous affluents of that vast body of water determined • that the regions between the waters of the lake Luta-Lzie and the lake Tanganyika of Burton and Speke should beex amined in order to determine i f there were not there (as some geographers thought probable) other sources of sup ply for the White Nile coming from that region to the west of the Victoria Nyanza; and, finally, that, if possible, the Upper White * Nile of Speke and Grant s hould be traced continuously from the lake to that point where, according to their map, it was made to join the end of the lake Luta -1 Lzigi, Having cons idered that point, the Council lead • .4 , -'' ' - •,, ,,, c , "' .i-11;1„. •-.-ra g• `i , .' .'''t 4" ~........., .' -.., , A t -"A:VI ' . - ~ I .'"..... li, I. ' a , , - .--b...d0...........'i,"'' , . ~ • .-= ' ~ ~ `i \- t' l--- --1.---t. 4,, , , i, kil •-• 4 ?4i ....., Ni` , ..-"k .. ..- 4- -, ---;,,, -i ' ,-, -t' ' - ',X l ‘ • - ,- 1-- 7 7 - - '''' , + . , ~...- ~, .. ...., - .4i , ~,..2., -.61' 1 t:: . ., , ~,,o rr. .'''' --,roces 7- 7.-- DIE — 4 41 ,4. , s .d., ... - - - At its conclusion Lord DONOUGHMORE moved that the thanks of the meeting should be voted to the President for delivering it, coupled with a request for its publication. The motion was unanimously agreed to. The members of the Council of the Society were then chosen by ballot, and on the motion of Sir H. Rawlinson, seconded by Mr. J. Crawfurd, a rule of the institution was suspended to enable Sir R. Murchison to be again re-elected as its chairman. Sir Roderick was unanimously re-elected accordingly, and briefly returned thanks for that renewed mark of confidence. The proceedings then terminated. THE BANQUET. The annual dinner of the society took place at Willis's Room, St. James's, in the evening. Sir R. Murchison again presided, and Was supported by Lord Houghton, Lord Strangford, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord A. Churchill, Sir C. Eastlake, Sir T. Fremantle, Sir H. Raw linson, General Stanhope, Baron Von Der Decken, Sir S. Donaldson, Captain Grant, Admiral Kellatt, Count Stre lecki, Sir C. Nicholson, Admiral Hall, th e H o n. Mr. - Petre, _ _ . Dr. Percy, Mr. Bracebridge, Professor Tyndal, Professor Hoffman, Professor Masson, Mutu Coomain Swainy, &c. About 150 guests sat down to dinner. The PRESIDENT gave "The Queen, the Patron of the Society," which was drunk with enthusiasm. in proposing the next toast, " The Prince and Princess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," Sir Roderick remarked that the Prince of Wales was the greatest traveller of any heir ap- parent to the English throne in modern times. From the eloquent words which the Prince had spoken at the Lite rary Fund dinner, he felt sure that if his Royal Highness took an interest in any of the sciences, and he hoped he would take an interest in many, he would evince a special attachment to geography, in which, as so great a traveller, he was well fitted to become distinguished. Though the Prince had seen many lands, he doubted not that, like a true Englishman, the place dearest of all to him, particu larly now that he was united to a charming Danish Prin cess, was " sweet home." (Hear, hear.) _ . The toast was received with the usual honours ; and was followed by " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers." General STANHOPE returned thanks on behalf of the army, which, he said, was now in as fit a state to go any. where and to render any service on which her Majesty's Government might choose to employ it as in the best days of " the Iron Duke." (Hear, hear.) Admiral COLLINSON briefly responded on behalf of the navy. Professor 11fAssoN, in returning thanks for the Volun teers, and particularly for the London Scottish, with which ' his name had been associated, said, that according to an ordinary jest, Scotland was so horrible a country in itself, and so awful a place to reside in, that its inhabitants were more fitted by nature than any other race to become ex plorers of other countries. (Laughter and cheers.) It was an old saying of an English satirist, that had Cain been a Scotcbman God would have reversed his doom, and, in stead of making him a wanderer, would have compelled him to stay at home. (Laughter.) But Scotchmen were naturally explorers; though some' of them had not gone farther than Engl tncl or London—which, however, to say the truth, they had found to be so much of a land flowing with milk and honey, that they had made up their minds to remain there. (Renewed laughter.) As to the London Scot- tish, that corps, they might be sure, would always do its duty, for its members had such an interest in England that they would snffor no other invaders to set foot in it. (Cheers and laughter.) The PRESIDENT said the period had now arrived when it was usual to propose the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Royal Geographical Society," but ho would on that accasion deviate from the established custom. At the same time he would express his belief that the gratuitous labours of that society had yielded fruits of great national import ance. The institution had in its earlier days to struggle with considerable difficulties. At one period they had no . . place of meeting, no receptacle for their books or maps. For a series of years he had striven with the concurrence of the Council to persuade the Government that for a very small sum of money, not exceeding the remuneration given to a first clerk in some of our public departments, that society could provide itself with a local habitation, feeling satisfied that that desideratum once gained they would be able to secure for it a more extended fame and usefulness. As a Scotchman himself, he must say he first enlisted in the cause of geography a Scotchman whose name would live as long as England endured—he meant the late Joseph Hume —(hear)—who, on condition that their collection of maps and books was thrown open to the community, consented to support a grant of public money for the diffusion of geogra phical knowledge. Through the kindness of Lord Aber deen, then Prime Minister, the object was at length ob tained, and thus was perpetrated a Scotch job—(a laugh)— but a job which redounded to the honour of the British Go vernment and Legislature. Many important distant ad ventures had solely originated in the labours of that society. Its members had been pioneers in the opening up of coun tries which were destined indefinitely to increase the wealth and give a new impulse to the manufacturing industry of England. In conclusion, he begged to propose that they should drink to the successive Governments and Parlia ments which had countonaced and encouraged the Royal Geographical Society, coupling with that toast the name of their distinguished guest, Mr Gladstone. (Cheers.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who was received with cheers, said—Sir Roderick Murchison, I am very glad that by the deviation which you have ventured upon from the ordinary course of your speeches and toasts on this occa sion you have at any rats enabled me to discharge a duty of the most pleasing character. It is very delightful to find that without any reproach from any quarter relations have been established between this society and the Government, on a footing, I must say, most modest as far as regards your demands on the public purse, and I believe also most bene ficial as regards the public at large. Sir R. Murchison has told us, gentlemen, the history of the Geographical Society with respect to the effect produced on its fortunes by acquir ing a local habitation, and I was not aware until this even ing that this had been a point of so critical a nature in its career. To judge from the speech of the President, the con•. dition of the members of the Geographical Society before that happy era arrived must have been not, perhaps, pre cisely the same, but not very different from that of parish vagrants. (A laugh.) The society would appear to have been in the condition of being owned by nobody, somewhat in the manner in which ancient fable tells us the island of Delos was, and I refer to this as a geographical illustration. (" Hear, hear," and a laugh.) Delos, it is said, was in the habit of navigating about the Archipelago, coming into con stant conflict with one island or another; and it never ac quired any distinct site of its own until Latona took it one day into her head to be breught to bed there under a palm tree, and I have no doubt in a delightful atmosphere• (Laughter and cheers.) From that moment Delos struck root at the bottom of the sea, and, just as the Geographical Society did the moment it got a local habitation, became famous and flourishing, with a name celebrated throughout the world. (Cheers.) But there is much more which associates itself with the toast that you have given us than any reference to the efforts produced by a small grant from the Government. What is remarkable is that so long a time elapsed before a society of this description came to be appreciated by the British public; because, without re proach or disparagement to any other institution, there is no other institution which can claim to be more truly national than that whose festival we are now celebrat ing. I do not say that simply because it happens, as if by a matter of accident, that so many distinguished Englishmen and Scotchmen have been travellers, and, among the boldest and most effective explorers of the un known regions of the earth. But I think that if we look a little further into the subject wo shall find that phe nomenon itself has a cause, and that cause lios deep in the national character. It is the love of adventure, it is the boldness in facing danger, it is the strong self-reliance, it is the ready presence of mind, it is all that constitutes that powerful individuality which lies at the root of the whole greatness of this country, and which likewise has lain at the root of the greatness and of the performances of the Geo graphical Society. (Cheers.) The very same causes which have made you distinguished as a body are those which have made England distinguished among the nations of the world. (Hear.) Mr. President, there is nothing to do now but to congratulate you on your proud position and express a confident ht,ipe that you will go on as you have PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. done. The only apprehension which I think the most sen sitive of your friends can entertain is one connected with the approaching exhaustion of that scene to which, for the present at least, your labours are confined—l mean the limited surface of this globe itself. (Hear, and a laugh.) Alexander in his day thought he might reach a point in his career when he would desire to have new worlds to con quer. You, too, seem likely at some time or other to reach that point, and 1 have no doubt that when you do reach it, whether it be sooner or later, our excellent and distin guished friend Sir R. Murchison, whatever he may say to the contrary, will be here in the chair, presiding over yon —(cheers and laughter)—and endeavouring to consider with you what new fields of enterprise you can explore in some, at any rate, of the nearest planets whtch you can occupy yourselves until science, so rich in her appliances, enables you to reach those that are more distant. (Re newed cheers and laughter.) Gentlemen, I cordially hope that the relations established between this society and the Legislature, this society and all successive Governments, and this society and the country at large, may be perma nent relations of credit and honour on the one side, of ad vantage and utility on the other—and that for many years you may be recognised, as you are recognised now, as hold ing a foremost place amongst those institutions which, per haps deriving some slight acknowledgment from the State, but essentially resting on the broader and surer foundation of private enterprise and private energy, form one of the most marked distinctions which attract the eye and excite the admiration of every foreigner who visits the shores of England. (Loud cheers.) The PRESIDENT then, in eulogistic terms, proposed the health of the medalists of the year, Baron von. der Beckett and Captain Grant. The toast was drunk with much cordiality. Baron VON DER DECREN and Captain GRANT severally returned thanks in a few modest words, the latter remark ing that he was so unused to address public assemblies that he would almost rather traverse Africa over again than un dergo the ordeal of making a speech. (Laughter and cheers,) The PRESIDENT then gave " The health of Sir C. East lake," Chairman of the Royal Academy of Arts ; to which Sir Charles briefly responded by a graceful allusion to the many links which bound together the votaries of science and art. _ _ _ _ Sir H. RAWLINSON next proposed " The health of the President of the Society," warmly eulogising his invaluable services to science, and particularly to that institution over whose whole career from its infancy to its maturity he had exercised so sedulous and watchful a care. If, he said, Scotchmen were formed by nature to overrun the world, Sir Roderick Murchison was pre-eminently formed by nature as well as by his attainments to fill the chair of the Geogra phichal Society. (Cheers.) After expressing the deep obli gations which the council owed to Sir Roderick for consent ing to act as their president for another year, Sir Henry concluded by proposing the chairman's health. The toast was received with enthusiasm. The PRESIDENT, in responding, said he felt highly flattered by the compliment just paid to him. It was also very gratifying to him that he should have been so una nimously invited to continue one year more as their president. Having been born in 1792, and having filled that post for many years amidst his many other avocations --for he was a geologist by profession and a geographer by love—he had thought it was time for him to give place to another man, and not imitate the Archbishop of Toledo, who remained in his office until he might almost be said to have preached his own funeral sermon, (Laugh ter.) If, however, they would kindly bear with his infirmi ties he would strive to discharge his duties for another year to the best of his power. (Cheers.) The next toast was " The Colonies and the Colonists of Great Britain," which was given by Lord HOUGHTON, and acknowledged by Sir STUART DONALDSON. " The Scientific Societies of Europe, coupled with the name of Dr. Hoffman," was next:drunk ; and, after one or r two other minor toasts, the company separated. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. MALTA, Map 18. The Trident, steam sloop, arrived on the Bth from Corfu, to which portthe Magicienne, steam frigate, was despatched on the 10th, and returned en the 14th, with the diligence for which this vessel, under the command of Capt. Armytago, has been remark able. She brought two batteries of artillery, con s'e?ting of Lieut.-Col- :N1 rude, four other ufficers, 216 non-commissioned officers and gunners, 21 wc;rpt n, 40 children, four prisoners, and two bospit3l at tendants. The Liffq, steam frigate, left :or Z tote on the 11th, for the purpose of removing the troops from that island, and relieved there the Cossack, which reached Malta on the 13th. The Foxhound, steam gunboat, was despatched on the Bth to Suse, at the solicitation of some Maltese merchants. who had received alarming intelligence of threats against the Christian and the Jewish population on the part of the revolted Arabs. Oa the 14th and 15th a number of families reached Malta in four small coasting craft, in all some 250 persons, for the safety of their lives, and others are looked for. The Foxhound returned on the 15th, having run along the coast as far as Tunis. She brings intelligence from the British Consul-General, Vice-Consuls, and Consular agents, from which it would appear that the Arabs are close upon Tanis. They are said to be 40,000 strong, under the command of a renegade Frenchman, and they maintain a menacing atti tude against the Bey, though no positive act of aggression had been committed against Chris tians. The Ottoman steam frigate Feizi Babri, having on board his Excellency Haydar Effendi, a special envoy from the Sultan to the Bey of Tunis, left Malta for Tunis on the 10th of May, accompanied by the Monbir Souror steam frigate and the Peki Cherrif despatch boat. The French Admiral is said to have questioned the right of the Sultan to send a naval demonstration to Tunis under the present disturbed state of affairs in that Regency, to which the Envoy, Haydar Effendi, had very properly paid no attention. The matter seems, however, to have been considered of sufficient im portance to call for the presence of an increased naval British force. Accordingly, on the 16th, the Resistance, ironclad steam frigate, was despatched, from Malta to Suss, and the Psyche, despatch steamer, to Tunis. The Foxhound left on the same day for Melidia, and the Trident on the 18th for Geiba, in the regency of Tunis. The Meannee and the Psyche returned to Malta from Tunis on the 18th, bringing dates thence to the 17th, announcing the arrival of the Italian steam frigate Re d'ltalia with 200 marines to be landed in case of need. The insurrection had not yet been put down, but the Bey had superseded the Governor of Suss for allow ing himself to be panic striken. A French line of battle ship had been despatched to a point north west of Tanis, where the public peace had been threatened. The Imperial Ottoman steam yacht Feizi Djehart, having on board. his Excellency Vice-Admiral Roussan Pasha, arrived at Malta from Constantinople on the 12th of May to be decked and cleaned. On the evening of Sunday, the 15th, this magnificent vessel, as well as the Mahomed Ali, Egyptian steam frigate, was most brilliantly illuminated, and on the following day dressed out with flags innumerable in honour of the feast of the Bairam. The Sofia, a small Nile steamer, intended as a yacht for the Pasha of Egypt, arrived at Malta on the 15th of May from Newcastle, Falmouth, and Lisbon, and left for Alexandria on the 18th. The Italian steam frigate Principe Humberto, having on board upwards of 100 naval students on a voyage of instruction, arrived from the Piraeus of Athens on the 11th, left for Syracuse on the 14th of May, and returned to Malta on the 17th. Her Majesty's screw steam ship the Marlborough, bearing the flag of the naval Commander-in-Chief, accompa nied by the Magicienne, steam frig Is a t e , will leave Malta on the 21st of May for Corfu, tdos to present at the cession of the lonian. lan . o Greece, and also to assist, if necessary, le r i e s ai d o o v n o g t the British garrison, if the steam transpor the e w 12 t s h t , ae and m reach in time. The Drome.lary,;l3 ° transport, arrived from Gibraltar left for Corfu to take i n stores on the day follow ing. The Supply, stores h ip, e m a l s o took her depar ission o n n sp t o h r e t 14 a t r h ri o v f e A d lay at . tare for Corfu on a l ik Th e Tamar, screw steam-tra Malta on the 17t h from Cape Coast Castle, the Island of St. Vincent, Madeira, and Gibraltar, will leave Corfa to take in troops on he 24t. Liet. Supenumerary Lieut. t of this vessel, u is Court-martial to-morrow, the 19th, to Hanson, be e tr tried y on a charge of having been found intoxicated and as l ee p during his watch at sea. The Norwegian transport Tanaro, damaged by a Spanish gunshot from the Fort of Tarifa, as re- Admission, ls. Open from ten to five, MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will Appear THIS AFTERNOON, at Three, in their New Anglo-Egyptian Entertainment, THE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial seance, by William Brough, Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed; and MRS. ROSELEArS LITTLE EVENING PARTY. for a few times, by Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight. Thursday and Satur day Mornings at Three.—ROYAL GALLERY of ILLUS TRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, is., 25.; stalls, 35.; stall (spring) chairs, ss. mR. W. S. 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City Depot, Si, Bishops gate-street, Within, E.C. ; Works, Bromley-by-Bow, Lon don, E. BUSINESSES. -Mr. ANDREW HIND'S MAY LIST, Containing Businesses, Premts - s, Partnerships, &'., Gratis Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free. OFFICES—CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. (FFICES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET several excellent OFFICES in the vicinity of the Bank and Royal Exchange, separately, or in sets of two or three rooms, i.uitab e for merchants, solicitors, shipbrokers, &c. Itent, £23 to £5l. Apply at 1, Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. TO GROCERS and CHEESEMONGERS.— Mr. ANDREW HIND has for DISPOSAL a BUSI NESS near the S rand, doing £3O per week ; all ready money. Corner shop, and seven rooms. Rent Z 52. Price £7O. Stock about £3O. Offices, corner or Little Carter-lane, St. Pant's. PUBLIC HOUSE.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET a cspital HOUSE at Camberwell, containing well fitted bar, parlour, kitchen, concert, and five other rooms. Rent £5O. Lease twenty years. Takings £lOO per month. Preimum £6OO, or the proprietress would take a lady with £2 oas partner. App'y at 1, Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. COFFER and DINING-ROOMS. — Mr. ANDW. HIND has for immediate SALE a BUSINESS near the City, doing £2O per week. Two shops, thirteen rooms, and yard. Rent £75. Let off £ll5. Lease thirty years. Coming in £l5O. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. I_ o DRAPERS.—Mr. ANDREW H IND has for SALE an old-established BUSINESS, near Hol born, doing Zis to £2O weekly. Coming in £BO. Stock op tional. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. HOUSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE FIVE COTTAGES, close to a station six miles from town, producing £65 per annum. Ground rent £ 20. Price £5OO. Also, the following:—Wandsworth, Eight Freeholds, £l,OOO ; ditto, Six Leaseholds, £7O !; Tedding,rton, Four, £5OO ; Notting-hill, Three, £1,020 ; Penge, Five (un finished), ; Bournemouth, £l,OOO, ttc. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. GROCERS. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE a BUSINE S, one mile west of the City. Shop , warehouse, cellars, a n d seven rooms. Rent £l3O. Lease eighteen years. Price £315. Also, the following : —Blooms bury, £lf 0; Islington, £2OO ; Marylebone, 00 ; N.W. Dili- Wet, £lBO, &c. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane. FURNITIRE, IRONMONGERY, BOOTS and SHOES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for imme diate SALE, by order of the executors, an old-established BUSINESS, twelve miles from town. Three shops, work shops, parlour, six rooms, kitchen, yard, and large garden. Rent £3O. Lease twenty-one years. Returns £2O per week. Price £2O/. Office, corner of Little Carter-lane. CIGAR and TOBACCONISTS,—Mr. ANDW. HIND has for SALE a BUSINESS, in a principal thoroughfare, near the Baok. Shop and bagatelle-room. Rent £145. Lease six years and a half. Takings £lB. Price £3OO. stock £2OO. Also the following :—Covent-garden, £l4O ; W. District, £BO ; St. George's, East, £BO. Offices, corner of Little carter-lane. BEER HOUSE.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET a capital HORSE, in a good , Ituation near Oxtori-street, containing eleven rooms. Rent £52 10s. Proof trade, twenty barrels per month. Price £lOO. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. LADIES' SCHOOL.-Mr. ANDREW HIND has for immediate SALE a DAY SCHOOL, well situate near a station, E. Eight roomed house, and garden. Rent £3O. Number of pupils 32, paying a guinea per quarter. Coming in, including school furniture, blinds, &c., £BO. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. FAMILY RESIDENCE and LAND.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET a comfortable HOUSE in Essex, fourteen miles from town and two from a station, delightfully situate on high ground, and commanding exten sive views. Contains lofty drawing room, dining and morn ing rooms, four best and five other bedrooms, kitchens and cellars. Grounds comprise pleasure and kitchen gardens, shrubbery, paddock, and meadow, together about seven acres, with lodge entrance, stabling, coach-house, green-house, ornamental water and bridge. Rent on three years' agree ment, £l2O ; fixtures, £5O ; or the lease for 18 years at £lOO. Price, with fixtures, £2OO. Cards to view may be had at the Auction and Estate Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. THE NIZAM of the DECCAN'S Magnificent CRYSTAL CANDELABRA for INDIA, being one of five recently manufactured (154 lights, 22 feet high, and 12 feet in diameter), is now on show, together with a great variety of rare and exquisite specimens of workman st,ip in glass, amongst which are designs in engravings taken from the famous Elgin marbles; also a variety of the most delicat!. table glass, with elaborately engraved ornamenta tions resembling the finest lace work. The altarpiece, in crystal, has now been addei. J. DEFRIES and SONS. Crystal Gallery, Egyptian Hail. PLIANDELIERS in BRONZE, ORNIuLU, and j SILVER, of the finest designs for Dining-room and Library. Moderator Lamps in Bronze, Ormolu, China, and Glass. J. REFRIES and SONS, West-end Show Rooms, Crysta Gallery, Egyptian 11111, Piccadilly. DEFRIES and SONS' CRYSTAL CHAN DELIERS in Venetian, Grecian, and other registered De •igns for Gas or Candles; Crystal Lamps, Chandeliers, and Wall Lights for India ; Club, bless, and General Fur nishing. Orders for Glass, China, and Earthenware promptly executed.—Works, London and Birmingham; City Show Rooms and Manutactory, 147, Houndsditch ; West-end Show Rooms, Crystal Gallery, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. FUNDS are urgently REQUIRED. Treasurer and BanAer—EDWARD MASTERMAN, Esq., Nicholas-lace. ~~~~ / ,_ S PAPER ~r `~, ~,~ c ~ ~ ~c.~~.~ i , 1 747 - #M7r ported ic The Sun yesterday, ha 'reed 010 018,bi z oir7a I condition, the at Woolwich Arsenal to repair, TheVw f l t eff- o keriP,; miralty have given instructions', at , rs of the ship. solicitation, to supply the materia neeesary S putting the ship in her former goof. work to be performed by the carpentt Since clearing out the car go, it has bee, l ascertained that if the shot had entered 4ft. higher flit lives of four of the crew would hav,a been sacrifice d, as on account of the great heat tve sleeping bet the had been shifted to the 'tween decks, where the men were lying at the moment when she was fire d into. Capt. Thorwaidsen states that ho has repeittedly sailed in that direction, and was never before ca:led upon to exhibit his colours, nor had .he any Idea o f such regul a ti ons being in force. The act .was, he says, a breech of taco law of nations_ The Thornhill, transport, also lad.-n with stores from Corfu, has taken the Place of the Tuners, at Woolwich pier, to discharge. as whole of the transports engsgcd for that k urpose have • now arrived, with the exception of tho Corcyre, pat into Malta for rep,irs, and the Transit . , still ling in Corfu harbour, to pick up whatever na ay be found belonging to Government after the gemeral clear ence at the departure of the troops, ordered to evacuate on the 6th of Jane. The Aurora, 35, screw steam frigate, 2,558 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. Sir F. Leopold M' is now at Sheerness receiving stores, recoaling, and awaiting Admiralty orders. Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Clio, 22 guns, • 1,472 tons, 400 horse power, which has for some time past been in the hands of the dockyard arti ficers, is now completed, and is placed in tho Ist division of the Sheerness Steam Reserver ready for the pennant. She will be taken out of an fitting basin in Sheerness dockyard on Wednesday next, and tried at the measured mile on the following day. The Icarus, 11, screw steamsloop, 580 tons, 150 horse power, which has arrived at Sheerness from the Mediterranean, in command of Acting Com , . mander H. T. Bager, has been inspected by Capt. T. Fulford, of the Formidable, flagship of Sir Chas. Talbot, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, and will be paid out of commission this day. The Frederick William, screw line of battle ship, in the first class of the Steam Reserve at Ports mouth, and fitted for commission, was taken out of harbour yesterday on her half-yearly trial of man chinery, under the supervision of the officers of the Steam Reserve and factory. The ship afterwards again returned to the harbour. Her Majesty's steam store-ship Dee, Master Com mander Raymond, yesterday sailed from Woolwich laden with steam machinery for the ironship Agin court, building at Birkenhead. The Dee had a couple of boilers and other gear weighing 100 tons lashed fast on the open deck. She also took 43 Lads for the Impregnable at Devonport. The Britain's Pride, transport, in the service of the War Department, now at Woolwich pier, has shipped the following cargo :-58 tons of iron girders, for completing bombproof sheds, 30 tons of shot, and 100 tons of Tower stores, and will fill in her magazines with 185 tons of powder, fuzes, and other combustible stores for Halifax. The Melina, also for Halifax, has left Woolwich for the docks to complete her cargo ; and the Ida was yesterday surveyed by Capt. Hall and the officers of the ship ping department, with a view of her being taken up for the same destination. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Snb-Lieut. Gilbert V. Story, to the Aurora ; Fitzpatrick W. Freed and J. A. Fraser, midshipmen, to the Enterprise ; and Peter Samson, assisteengineer, to the Assurance. THE ARMY. The Duke of Cambridge, as Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief, held a levee yesterday at the Horse Guards, About 120 officers attended. The hired transports Lord Warden and Trafalgar arrived at Spitbead yesterday from India with the 69:11 Regiment on board and a number of invalid and time-expired soldiers. Tile 49th were landed during the day and marched into quarters at Gos port, where the regiment will for the present be st.ationed. The time .expired men and invalids were disemb from the shipq, the former b‘2ing rent, on to thei4reginients.l depots, snd the latter to the Rpyal Victoria Itlilitary Hospital at Netley. Foreign Mail Packet List. - MAILS DU. Australia ary.(l7tiauritius, via Southampton .. Jane 18. . vitt Maroeiiies Jun e -IY. ~iraTil and Cape Verds, by Briti: , ..b. pae!iel - . June 5. Capt) of Good Hope, A.sconsion, and St. Ilelena May 20. (111.ina, Peamg, and Singapore, via Soutliampton.Jane 2 Y via Mart. , eilies Ma27. F:tiklawl Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. June 2 via Marseilles.... May 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton May 27. via Marseilles May 21. Portugal.... June 5. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 27. via Marseilles May 21. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... May 25. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. May —. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. June 10. Bahamas, via New York June 2. Mexico. May 30. EX.TENSION OF PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD.—The Commons' Select Committee on the Royal Dockyards have made their first report. They have hitherto directed their special attention to the proposed extension of Ports mouth Dockyard, and they report on this aubjectas follows —The present capabilities of the dockyard for repairing and fitting out ships consist of 11 docks (two only of which are of sufficient length and breadth, and one only of sufficient depth to dock a first-class ship, with her weights on board) and of two basins—one the ship basin, containing 2 acres 12 roods 30 perches, witha depth of water at ordinary spring tides of 24ft. 6in. over the entrance; the other, the steam basin, of 7 acres, with 25ft. Gin, depth of water. The evi dence is unanimous that this accommodation is inadequate for the ordinary requirements of the navy, even in time of peace. Various opinions have been given as to the number of additional first-class docks required. Some witnessies consider that four, others that as many as eight are required. The Duke of Somerset thinks that at least three should be constructed. As to the extent of the additional repair bag basins required, the evidence goes to show that from 20 to , 30 acres are considered necessary ; and it is urged by some wit nesses that, instead of mooring the ships in ordinary in the harbour, economy and safety would be best secured by plac ing these ships in abasin devoted to that purpose. ThefactorY establishment is said to be capable (or nearly so) of effecting the repairs and refitting of the fleet. A site, the property of the Crown, but subject to certain rights of way, comprising 1 about 93 acres, bounded by Fountain Lake, and covered at high water immediately contiguous to the north dockyard, is stated by unanimous evidence to be art excel lent site for the proposed works. The subsoil is said to be a nd of the in Chatham " i "3 : B l . rm s.ar e:l t .a h n a d t of stiff clay, rendering piling foundations lai:yg e co c n o vi nv e t t ct ia e:t o a u b r : of good quality for making bricks. A ment being contiguous, the committee *re much of the work can be accomplishe d as is the case in similar works now Preg reßsin g Dockyard. The committee have thought it right to ascer tain whether the water on the bar of Portsmouth harbour can be maintained at a sufficient depth for the larg es t s hi ps ; and they have received conclusive evidence on this impor tant matter s howing tha t no apprehension nee d b e enter tained, of future inconvenience. From the foregoing evi dence the committee have come to the conclusion-1. That additional basin and dock accommodation at Portsmouth is required. 2. Th a t the site recomm en d e d i s we ll a d apte d The committee for the purr s° • agreed to report at once their op in ion upon that branch of thei r i nqu i r y w hi c h re l a t es to Portsmouth Dockyard, in order to enable the Government bring in a bill to authori se th e diversion, stopping up, and appropr iation of certain streets, roads, and landing places, pre paratory to the exten s i on o f th at yar d . to ADVERTISEMENT.I -Avoid medicines: they always aggra vate chronic complaint s, b u t D u Barry's Delicious Health Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, invariably cures them, restoring Perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. 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